The roundworm Toxascaris leonina lives most of its life attached to the intestinal lining of carnivores like cats, dogs, and foxes, where it can cause diarrhea, vomiting, and other unpleasant ...

Inside puma feces radiocarbon-dated to be between 16,570 and 17,000 years old, scientists found eggs from the parasite Toxascaris leonina, a type of roundworm that continues to plague animals today.

Scientists have isolated the DNA of the roundworm Toxascaris leonina from puma feces dating back 16,570 to 17,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, in a study published in Parasitology on ...

Ancient parasitic DNA reveals Toxascaris leonina presence in Final Pleistocene of South America. Parasitology, 2019; 146 (10): 1284 DOI: 10.1017/S0031182019000787 ...

GREENFIELD, Ind., Oct. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Elanco Animal Health has launched Interceptor® Plus (milbemycin oxime/praziquantel) in the United States. Interceptor Plus is a monthly chewable ...